Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4

Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (3 weeks from now)

Lots: 1152

Total starting: $ 3,093,540.00

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Auction Summary

La subasta "Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4", programada para el 14 de enero de 2025, presenta una impresionante colección de 1152 lotes, destacando monedas de diversas épocas y regiones. Entre las piezas más notables se encuentra un estater de plata de Arkadia, datado entre 360-350 a.C., que muestra un magnífico retrato de Deméter y Hermes, con un precio estimado de 180,000 USD. También se destaca un denario de Bruto, famoso por conmemorar el asesinato de Julio César, que se ofrece por 150,000 USD, siendo considerado uno de los más icónicos de la numismática romana. Otro ejemplar notable es un estater de oro de Nektanebo II de Egipto, que representa un caballo y un collar jeroglífico, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Además, se presenta un dekadrachm de Siracusa, que es considerado uno de los más bellos de la antigüedad, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Estas monedas no solo son valiosas por su rareza y belleza, sino que también representan momentos significativos de la historia antigua, lo que las convierte en piezas de gran interés para coleccionistas y estudiosos.

Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 527
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (13.5mm, 2.10 g, 11h). Arsinoite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / APC, crocodile standing right, wearing solar disc crown; L IA (date) above. Köln 3383-4; Dattari (Savio) 6212, 10884-6; K&G N6.7; RPC III 6297; W&G III.3; Emmett 1291.11. Red-brown patina, slight roughness, minor deposits. Near VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Antioch Associates, 15 February 2002.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35mm, 24.3 g, 11h). Athribite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). AYT TPAIAN CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / AΘPIBI THC, Chuit-Hathor standing facing, head left, holding hawk, facing right and wearing pschent in extended right hand, and long scepter in left; LI Γ (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6214; RPC III 6463.10 = W&G p. 298, I.2a, pl. XXI, 208 (this coin); K&G N7.2; Emmett 739.13 (R3). Red and brown patina, some roughness, flan crack, edge splits. Near VF. Rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs. Ex Jean-Pierre Righetti Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 12, 11 April 2003), lot 717; M Jungfleisch Collection; Dürr & Michel (16 November 1998), lot 732.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35mm, 21.56 g, 12h). Diospolis Magna nome. Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). AYT TPAIAN CЄ B ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / ΔIOCΠOΛIC H MEΓAΛH, young Zeus Ammon-Ra standing facing, head right, wearing ram’s horns surmounted by two feathers, holding long scepter in right hand, holding ram wearing crown with feathers in extended left hand; at feet left, ram standing left, wearing crown with feathers; LI B (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10908 = RPC III 6298.3 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 144, pl. II, 17 =. Figari & Mosconi 1944 (this coin); K&G N10.1; Emmett 798.12 (Mareote nome - RY12 not recorded). Brown patina, some pitting, metal flaw on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, only three recorded in RPC.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 1 (16-17 September 1997), lot 584; Kunst und Münzen AG XXII (2 April 1981), lot 291.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (20.5mm, 5.08 g, 12h). Heliopolite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / HΛI O Π, Ra-Atum-Harakhte/Helios standing facing, radiate head left, holding Mnevis bull in outstretched right hand, whip in left; L IA (date) to right. Köln 3392-3; Dattari (Savio) 6246; K&G N14.1; RPC III 6487; W&G I.1; Emmett 1234.11 (R3). Brown patina with green highlights, light porosity, edge splits. VF. Well centered on an oversized flan.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, 29 May 2021.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 28.76 g, 12h). Heliopolite nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). A[YT K T AIΛ] AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / [HΛI] O ΠO ΛЄIT, Ra-Atum-Harakhte/Helios standing facing, radiate head left, holding Mnevis bull in outstretched right hand, whip in left; L H (date) in lower field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6248; K&G N14.3; RPC IV.4 777.5 (this coin); W&G II; Emmett 1820.8 (R4). Green patina, minor marks, spot of corrosion on reverse. Near VF. Very rare, only seven known to RPC, two in CoinArchives.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Stein A. Evensen Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 115, 16 September 2020), lot 497; Triton XI (8 Janaury 2008), lot 533.
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EGYPT, . Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 22.22 g, 12h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). AYT TPAIAN CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / HPAKΛEωΠ O ΛEITHC, Herishef-Herakles standing left, holding griffin in his outstretched right hand, club in left, lion’s skin draped over left arm; L IB (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6251 var. (rev. legend); K&G N16.2 var. (same); RPC III 6360; W&G p. 181, II.1, pl. VII, 81 corr. (rev. legend, this coin); Emmett 752.13 (R5). Brown patina with red, short flan crack, light roughness, scrape on reverse. Near VF. Extremely rare, presently unique.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, 8 December 1999. Ex Dürr & Michel (16 November 1998), lot 749.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 16.26 g, 12h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). AYT TPAIAN CE B ΓEPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / HEAPΛEω [OΠOΛITHC], Athena standing left, holding a griffin in her outstretched right hand, left hand on grounded shield; to right, column; [L IΓ (date) in legend]. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10950 = RPC III 6361A (this coin, illustrated); K&G –; W&G –; Emmett 734.? (R5). Brown patina with some green, minor roughness, double struck and slightly off center on reverse, edge split. Near VF. Unique.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, inventory cc97697 (ND). Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1156.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 26.84 g, 12h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). AYT TPAIAN C Є B ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / HPAKΛEωΠ O ΛEITHC, young Harsomtous-Herakles standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos with lotus flower, right hand to mouth, holding club topped with hawk in left hand; L IΓ (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10943; RPC III 6464.7 (this coin); K&G N16.6; W&G II.2c; Emmett 749.13 (R4). Red and brown patina, a few small pits and deposits, flan crack. VF. Rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Kovacs MBS XI (19 June 1993), lot 211.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (19mm, 5.20 g, 11h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / HPA K, Herishef-Herakles standing left, holding griffin in outstretched right hand, holding club in left, lion’s skin draped over left arm; L IA (date) to right. Köln 3397; Dattari (Savio) 6259; K&G N16.17; RPC III 6374.16 (this coin); W&G III.2a; Emmett 1237.11. Green-brown patina. VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, 29 May 2021. Ex Thomas O. Mabbott Collection (H. Schulman, 6 June 1969), lot 3724.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (19.5mm, 5.18 g, 12h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / HPAK, laureate head of Herishef-Herakles right; L IA (date) in right field. Köln 3395; Dattari (Savio) 6257; K&G N16.15; RPC III 6375; W&G III.2b; Emmett 1236.11. Dark brown patina. Good VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 801.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 19.86 g, 12h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / HPAKΛEωΠ O ΛEITHC, Herishef-Herakles standing left, holding griffin in his outstretched right hand, club in left, lion’s skin draped over left arm; L H (date) in lower field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6262; K&G N16.19; RPC IV.4 778.10 (this coin); W&G IV; Emmett 1822.8 (R3). Brown and red patina, porosity, smoothing, details enhanced. Good Fine. Rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 12 (11 April 2003), lot 721.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34.5mm, 27.24 g, 12h). Hermopolite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). AYT TPAIAN CЄ B ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / ЄPMOΠΟ ΛITHC, Thot-Hermes standing left, wearing atef crown with ram’s horns, holding dog-headed baboon (cynocephalus) wearing solar disk seated right in outstretched left hand and winged caduceus in right; LI Γ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6267; RPC III 6280.9 (this coin); K&G N18.3; W&G I.1 var. (date); Emmett 755.13. Dark brown patina, slight roughness. VF. Very rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XXI (26 June 1992), lot 542.

A cynocephalus is a creature with the body of a baboon and head of a dog. In ancient Egypt the cynocephalus was sacred to Thoth.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (36mm, 25.06 g, 11h). Hermopolite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). AYT TPAIAN CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / ЄPMOΠΟ ΛITHC, Thot-Hermes standing left, wearing atef crown with ram’s horns, holding ibis in outstretched left hand and winged caduceus in right; to left, dog-headed baboon (cynocephalus) standing right with arms raised; LI Γ (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10923.3 = RPC III 6281.3 = W&G p. 153, I.2b, pl. VI, 55 (this coin); K&G N18.3; Emmett 755.13. Dark brown patina, some roughness, a few deposits, edge chip. Near VF. Extremely rare, one of three known to RPC.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 4 (19 March 1999), lot 258; Dürr & Michel (16 November 1998), lot 755; Giovanni Dattari Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (14mm, 2.08 g, 11h). Hermopolite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / EPMO, dog-headed baboon (cynocephalus) seated right, wearing solar disk headdress; L IA (date) to right. Köln 3400; Dattari (Savio) 6270; K&G N18.7; RPC III 6288.21 (this coin, illustrated); W&G II.3a; Emmett 1294.11. Dark brown patina, off center on obverse. VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 216 (27 July 2021), lot 572.

A cynocephalus is a creature with the body of a baboon and head of a dog. In ancient Egypt the cynocephalus was sacred to Thoth.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 541
EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (13mm, 1.88 g, 12h). Leontopolite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΛEONT, lion leaping right; L IA (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6283; K&G N24.4; RPC III 6471.17 (this coin, illustrated); W&G II.2; Emmett 1320.11. Brown patina with green and earthen deposits. Near VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 216 (27 July 2021), lot 573; Thomas O. Mabbott Collection (H. Schulman, 6 June 1969), lot 3737.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 542
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 26.15 g, 11h). Mareotis nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / MA PЄ ωTHC, Zeus Ammon-Ra standing facing, head left, crowned with solar disk, holding ram and long scepter; H/L (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6293 = K&G N28.5 = RPC IV.4 783.4 = W&G p. 280, III, pl. XIX, 191 (this coin); Emmett 1831.8 (R4). Red-brown patina with some green, minor roughness, die flaws. VF. Very rare, the finest of the four recorded in RPC.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, 28 May 2019. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 282; Johns Hopkins University Collection [inv. 83.199] (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16 October 1984), lot 1011 (part of); Giovanni Dattari Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33.5mm, 25.01 g, 12h). Menelaites nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / MЄNЄ ΛAЄITH[C], Harpokrates of Canopus: as a youth, nude from the waist up with the lower body of a crocodile, wearing pschent and standing left, right hand raised to his mouth, holding cornucopia with his left arm; lit altar to left; L H (date) in exergue. Köln 3435-8; Dattari (Savio) 6315-9; K&G N31.8; RPC IV.4 Online 13971.44 (this coin); W&G III.1b; Emmett 1819.8. Dark brown patina with spots of green, slight porosity. VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Stein A. Evensen Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 115, 16 September 2020), lot 498; Collection CR (Classical Numismatic Group 85, 15 September 2010), lot 717.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 23.97 g, 12h). Naukratis nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / NAY K P ATIC, Isis standing facing, head left, wearing basileion, holding the serpent Agathodaemon right in outstretched right hand and long scepter in left; L H (date) in lower field. Köln 3439; Dattari (Savio) 6409; RPC IV.4 789.14 = W&G p. 258, III.1a, pl. XVI, 160 (this coin); K&G N33.6; Emmett 1815.8 (R3). Green patina, slight roughness, edge splits. VF. Rare.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Dürr & Michel (16 November 1998), lot 772.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 22.66 g, 11h). Oxyrhynchite nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / OΞVPV N XITHC, Thoeris-Athena standing facing, head right, holding double-axe in right hand and Nike left in outstretched left hand; L H (date) in lower field. Köln 3440-1; Dattari (Savio) 6340; K&G N38.7; RPC IV.4 790.19 (this coin, illustrated); W&G IV.1a; Emmett 1811.8 (R3). Dark brown patina with green, light porosity, edge split. VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XXI (26 June 1992), lot 558.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 24.98 g, 11h). Oxyrhynchite nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄV, laureate head right / OΞVPV N XITHC, Thoeris-Athena standing facing, head left, holding Nike right in outstretched right hand and double-axe in left; L H (date) in lower field. Köln 3440-1 var. (Athena right); Dattari (Savio) 6341 = RPC IV.4 790.28 = W&G p. 171, IV.1b, pl. VIII, 77 (this coin); K&G N38.6; Emmett 1812.8 (R3). Dark brown and red patina, edge split, smoothing with cleaning scratches, details enhanced. VF. Rare with left facing Athena.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica N (26 June 2003), lot 2004.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (19mm, 5.68 g, 12h). Pelusion nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / [ΠΗ]ΛΟV, head of young Horus of Mount Kasion-Zeus Kasios right, wearing taenia and hem-hem crown; L IA (date) to right. Köln 3418; Dattari (Savio) 6346-7; K&G N40.2; RPC III 6532.40 = W&G p. 380, II.1, pl. XXX, 289 (this coin); Emmett 1231.11. Dark green-brown patina, light roughness on obverse. Good VF.


From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, 29 May 2021. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 270, purchased from Edward J. Waddell.